"Little Eva, ""One Fine Day"" was prepped as a demo by Goffin and King with King providing a guide vocal but – despite a propulsive piano riff courtesy of King – Goffin and King were unable to construct a viable arrangement and eventually gave up, passing the song to The Tokens who had recently produced the #1 hit ""He's So Fine"" by The Chiffons for whom it was thought another ""fine"" song had hit potential. The piano work by King (whose vocal was erased) was retained for The Chiffons' recording and King attended the session at which The Chiffons recorded"
"Poor Butterfly ""Poor Butterfly"" is a popular song. It was inspired by Giacomo Puccini's opera ""Madame Butterfly"" and contains a brief musical quote from the Act two duet ""Tutti i fior"" in the verse. The music was written by Raymond Hubbell, the lyrics by John L. Golden. The song was published in 1916. It was introduced in the Broadway show ""The Big Show"", which opened in August 1916 at the New York Hippodrome, and was sung in the show by Sophie Bernard. The song has become a pop standard, recorded by many artists. The two biggest hit versions in 1917"
"vibrato of the bumblebee in his famous ""Flight of the Bumblebee""; Edvard Grieg was inspired by flies in his ""Said the Gadfly to the Fly"". Popular songs with an insect theme include ""Glow-Worm"", ""Poor Butterfly"", ""La Cucaracha"", ""The Boll Weevil"", and ""The Blue-Tailed Fly"". Operas like Puccini's ""Madama Butterfly"" and Rousel's ""Le Festin de L’Araignée"" similarly reference arthropods. Pop groups named after insects include Buddy Holly and The Crickets, The Beatles, Adam and the Ants and many others. And some fictional crickets in Western popular culture, like Jiminy Cricket and Cri-Cri have been known to sing. ""Ants Marching"" is a"
"The Chiffons The Chiffons were an American all-girl group originating from the Bronx area of New York in 1960. The group was originally a trio of schoolmates: Judy Craig, Patricia Bennett and Barbara Lee; at James Monroe High School in the Bronx in 1960. In 1962, at the suggestion of songwriter Ronald Mack, the group added Sylvia Peterson, who had sung with Little Jimmy & the Tops at age 14, sharing lead vocals with Jimmy on ""Say You Love Me,"" the B-side of the Tops' 1959 local hit ""Puppy Love."" The group was named the Chiffons when recording and releasing"
"Un bel dì vedremo """" (""One fine day we'll see"") is a soprano aria from the opera ""Madama Butterfly"" (1904) by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is sung by Cio-Cio San/Madama Butterfly (on stage with Suzuki), as she imagines the return of her absent love, Pinkerton. ""Un bel dì vedremo"" is the opera's most famous aria and one of the most popular pieces in the soprano repertoire. Three years after her marriage to U.S. naval officer named Pinkerton, Cio-Cio San (""Butterfly"") awaits the return of her long-absent husband to Japan. Her maid, Suzuki,"
"and Buffy Sainte-Marie. She has also been a stage actress, appearing in Canadian productions of ""Turvey"", ""The Wizard of Oz"", and ""My Fair Lady"". McKinnon married actor and comedian Don Harron in 1969; the couple divorced in 2003. Her sister, Patrician-Anne McKinnon, began her singing career on CBC Television at age 13 and had a Canadian hit single entitled ""Blue Lipstick"" in 1965. ""Blue Lipstick"" was written especially for her by American composer P.F. Sloan, who also wrote for Terry Black. She was featured on both ""Voice of an Angel"" albums. Patrician-Anne's career was often interrupted owing to Hodgkins disease"
"alla Scala in Milan, as Madama Butterfly, in 1925, and appeared there until 1937. Afterwards she began singing at all the major opera houses of Europe; the Monte Carlo Opera in 1927, the Royal Opera House in London, from 1928 to 1933, the Liceu in Barcelona and the Vienna State Opera in 1930, the Lyric Opera of Chicago from 1931 to 1932, and the Paris Opéra in 1935. She also appeared in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. A great Puccini interpreter, especially as Madama Butterfly, she also sang ""Manon Lescaut"", ""La bohème"", ""Tosca"", and Liu in ""Turandot"", also Mascagni's"
"of ""Gianni Schicchi"" on 14 December 1918 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York by the popular Edwardian English soprano Florence Easton. It has been sung by many sopranos. Dame Joan Hammond won a Gold Record in 1969 for 1 million sold copies of this aria. The aria is frequently performed in concerts and as an encore in recitals by many popular and crossover singers. It is used in several films, and some bands cover the aria in their own style. The short aria consists of 32 bars and takes between and 3 minutes to perform. It is written in"
"first line of the song has been mistakenly referenced to punk band Half-Japanese. The line ""listening to Cio-Cio San"" is in reference to Puccini's opera, ""Madame Butterfly"", The main characters of which are an American sailor—Pinkerton—and a Japanese girl named Cio-Cio San. The singer who played Cio-Cio San at the opera's premiere in 1904 was named Rosina Storchio though the alternate spelling indicates that this is likely an unintentional reference. This, in conjunction with the song ""Pink Triangle"", and the continued reference to the opera gives the album an overarching theme. Additionally, the line ""I'm the epitome/of public enemy"" is"
"opera (28 May 1904 at the Teatro Grande in Brescia) it was sung by the famous Ukrainian soprano Solomiya Krushelnytska. It has been subsequently performed by many sopranos (including Geraldine Farrar, Maria Callas, and Renata Tebaldi among others), recently also by at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, where the original version of the opera was staged on 7 December 2016. In 1984 the pop musician Malcolm McLaren adapted the aria for his single ""Madam Butterfly (Un bel di vedremo)"", a Synth-pop remix of opera and 1980s R&B. The record reached No.13 in the UK Singles Chart and was included"
"1889 with the same cast. ""Principal Dancers -"" Varvara Nikitina (as the Butterfly), Pavel Gerdt (as the Phoenix Moth), Sergei Litavki (as the Grasshopper), Maria Anderson (as the Fly), Alexander Shiraev (as the Spider), and Sergei Legat (as the Nightingale). The Whims of the Butterfly The Whims of the Butterfly (also known as ""The Caprices of a Butterfly"", or ""Les Caprices du Papillon"") is a ballet in 1 act, with choreography by Marius Petipa, and music by Nikolai Krotkov. Libretto by Marius Petipa, based on the poem ""The Grasshopper Musician"" by Yakov Polonsky. First presented by the Imperial Ballet on"
"""Il piccolo Marat"" and ""Iris"", and Nedda in Leoncavallo's ""Pagliacci"". Though essentially a lyric soprano, she occasionally sang a few spinto Verdi roles such as Leonora and Aida, and also Giordano's Maddalena and Fedora. She retired from the stage in 1946, and turned to teaching. Among her pupils was British soprano Amy Shuard. Pampanini died in Rovigo, aged 76. Rosetta Pampanini Rosetta Pampanini (2 September 1896 – 2 August 1973) was an Italian soprano, particularly associated with Puccini roles, especially Madama Butterfly. Pampanini was born in Milan. She began singing as a child, and later studied with Emma Malajoli. She"
"The Whims of the Butterfly The Whims of the Butterfly (also known as ""The Caprices of a Butterfly"", or ""Les Caprices du Papillon"") is a ballet in 1 act, with choreography by Marius Petipa, and music by Nikolai Krotkov. Libretto by Marius Petipa, based on the poem ""The Grasshopper Musician"" by Yakov Polonsky. First presented by the Imperial Ballet on June 5/17 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates), 1889 for the Imperial court at the theatre of Peterhof Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. The ballet was given a second premiere for the general public at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre on October 25/November 6,"
"Butterflies and Hurricanes ""Butterflies and Hurricanes"" is a song by English alternative rock band Muse from their third studio album, ""Absolution"", and was the last single released from the album. It was one of two songs recorded with a studio orchestra during the initial stages of production. The song is also notable for its Rachmaninoff-esque piano interlude. The title and theme were mainly inspired by the butterfly effect of chaos theory. The theory describes how even the smallest of changes in present conditions, like the flapping of a butterfly's wings, can cause a chain reaction and have a significant effect"
"Chi Mai ""Chi Mai"" (Italian: whoever) is a composition by Ennio Morricone written in 1971. It was used in the films ""Maddalena"" (1971) and ""Le Professionnel"" (1981), as well as in the television series ""An Englishman's Castle"" and ""The Life and Times of David Lloyd George"". Because of its appearance on the latter television programme, ""Chi Mai"" reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart in 1981. Elements of the melody of ""Chi Mai"" appeared in a piece entitled ""Invito All Amore"" from the 1968 Sergio Corbucci Spaghetti Western, ""The Great Silence"". The original Italian lyrics for this song were"
"but included on the album is the group's first hit ""Till"" which was originally recorded in 1961 with the group's previous lead singer, Linda Jansen. It is unspecified if the track was re-recorded with Santiglia on lead or not. There is also a cover version of The Chiffons' ""He's So Fine"" as The Chiffons had covered ""My Boyfriend's Back,"" and a reading of ""Someday My Prince Will Come"" from the 1937 film ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"". The album sold fairly well and charted at number 33 on the US Billboard 200 Albums chart, the group's most successful effort."
"on McLaren's album of the same year, ""Fans"". ""Un bel dì vedremo"" occurs in Act II in both the original and the revised version. The Italian text here below is taken from the very first version of the libretto (17 February 1904) as reconstructed by Julian Smith. Un bel dì vedremo """" (""One fine day we'll see"") is a soprano aria from the opera ""Madama Butterfly"" (1904) by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is sung by Cio-Cio San/Madama Butterfly (on stage with Suzuki), as she imagines the return of her absent love, Pinkerton."
"has recently left him and is, like Ria Parkinson, approaching his own mid-life crisis. The show also featured two recurring minor characters: Leonard's chauffeur and confidant Thomas (Michael Ripper) and the Parkinsons' cleaner, Ruby (Joyce Windsor), who often lends Ria an ear. The ""Butterflies"" theme song, ""Love Is Like a Butterfly"", is a 1974 single written and originally recorded by American country music artist Dolly Parton. The cover version used at the opening of each episode was recorded for the series by Clare Torry, with a band conducted by BBC TV composer Ronnie Hazlehurst. The Adagio in G Minor attributed"
"Le papillon (ballet) Le papillon (The Butterfly) is a 'fantastic ballet' in two acts (four scenes) of 1860, with choreography by Marie Taglioni and music by Jacques Offenbach to a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges. ""Le papillon"" was first presented by the Paris Opera Ballet at the Salle Le Peletier on November 26, 1860 after a performance of ""Lucie de Lammermoor"". The principal dancers were Emma Livry (Farfalla/the Butterfly), Louis Mérante (Prince Djalma), Louise Marquet (Fairy Hamza), and Mme. Simon (Diamond Fairy). The ""Valse des rayons"" from the second scene of Act 1 was re-used by Offenbach in the"
"Puccini's Madama Butterfly. She was also chosen to sing Cio Cio San in the Italian production of Madama Butterfly which celebrated the centenary of the opera's first performance and which was seen throughout Italy. She was the first Chinese soprano to assume the Verdian role of Aida, she debuted this role in Vienna (2008), New York (2010), and Chicago (2012). She has remained associated with this role and has recorded it twice on video. She is also known for singing the title role in Puccini's opera Tosca, which brought her her first major breakthrough in European opera houses. Her operatic"
"price. I am quite aware that Butterfly cut short my career by at least five years"". Giulietta Simionato remarked on her ""animal sensuality"" and said ""She gave away a great deal of herself – more than was good for her – but the result was extremely moving."" She died in Milan in 1981, aged 78. Preiser have published a collection of her recordings on CD in their ""Lebendige Vergangenheit"" series (Mono 89162). This contains the 1937 'Cherry Duet' (""Suzel, buon di"") with Tito Schipa from Mascagni's ""L'amico Fritz"", one of the glories of the gramophone. Mafalda Favero Mafalda Favero (6"
"the arrival of Pinkerton's ship, but it proves to be her last; Butterfly learns that Pinkerton has married another woman, and at the end of the opera the distraught Butterfly takes her own life. ""Un bel dì vedremo"" is especially significant as it appeals to audiences with its emotive melody but also encapsulates the tragedy at the heart of the opera, foretelling Cio-Cio San's inevitable demise. The aria was first performed by the well-known soprano Rosina Storchio at the premiere of ""Madama Butterfly"" on 17 February 1904 at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. In the revised version of the"
"Butterfly""), performed by Adriana Lucia and Dúo Huellas, is about a butterfly that asks a child not to mistreat her. ""La Pobre Viejecita"" (""The Little Poor Old Woman"") is a bambuco song performed by both Vives and his brother, telling the story of an unhappy old woman who dies alone. ""La Tia Pasitrote"" (""The Pasitrote Aunt"") is a funk rock song performed by Ilona about the adventures of a crazy aunt. Julio Navas performs the album closer, ""Juan Matachín"", about the widespread fear put upon by the titular General. ""Pombo Musical"" was generally well received. The record was certified platinum"
"whom he also made famous recordings; ""Andrea Chénier"", ""Tosca"", ""Madama Butterfly"". In 1951 De Fabritiis conducted a series of performances in Mexico City with Maria Callas. In 1956, he conducted the television production of ""Madama Butterfly"", which launched Anna Moffo's career. That same year he conducted the soundtrack of a filmed ""Tosca"" with Maria Caniglia (voicing the on-screen Franca Duval), and Franco Corelli. He also conducted Leontyne Price in her first operatic album for RCA (a 1960 collection of Verdi and Puccini arias, known as ""The Blue Album""), and Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni and Montserrat Caballé in a recordings of"
"its original title written in Greek alphabet, ""Ωςαύριο"". Amore Scusami is an Italian song popularized by Dalida on 1964. Osavurio: Ai wa Matte Kurenai All songs are arranged by Tomotsune Maeno. Cherbourg no Amagasa is best known as ""Les Parapluies de Cherbourg"" named after the famous musical of the same name. It was originally released on 1964 by Danielle Licari. Barairo no Jinsei is famously known as ""La Vie en Rose"" and is known as the signature song of Édith Piaf. It was originally released on 1946. Ipanema no Musume is famously known as ""La Fille d'Ipanema"" or ""Garota de"
"Miss Saigon Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera ""Madame Butterfly"", and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover. The setting of the plot is relocated to 1970s Saigon during the Vietnam War, and ""Madame Butterfly""'s story of marriage between an American lieutenant and a geisha is replaced by a romance between a United States Marine and a South Vietnamese bargirl. The musical was premièred at the Theatre Royal, Drury"
"Papillons Papillons, Op. 2, is a suite of piano pieces written in 1831 by Robert Schumann. The title means 'butterflies' in French. The work is meant to represent a masked ball and was inspired by Jean Paul's novel ""Flegeljahre"". The suite begins with a six-measure introduction before launching into a variety of dance-like movements. Each movement is unrelated to the preceding ones, except that the second, A major, theme of the sixth movement recurs in G major in the tenth movement and the theme of the first movement returns in the finale. Eric Jensen notes that the 11th movement is"
"Chiffons was ""Sweet-Talking Guy"" in mid 1966 which allowed the quartet to tour England and Germany for the first time; on one of their London club dates, members of the Beatles and Stones were in the audience. Several minor hits followed up to 1968. Due to the constant touring and lack of hits, Judy Craig left the group before 1970 and took bank job in Manhattan. The remaining trio continued to do live shows with Sylvia now the permanent lead singer. Eventually, Sylvia, Pat, and Barbara took on regular 9-5 jobs, but continued to do live shows on weekends. Sylvia"
"""Fredman's Songs"". ""Madam Butterfly"" is a 1904 opera by Giacomo Puccini about a romantic young Japanese bride who is deserted by her American officer husband soon after they are married. It was based on John Luther Long's short story written in 1898. According to Lafcadio Hearn, a butterfly was seen in Japan as the personification of a person's soul; whether they be living, dying, or already dead. One Japanese superstition says that if a butterfly enters your guest room and perches behind the bamboo screen, the person whom you most love is coming to see you. Large numbers of butterflies"
"Butterfly (Mariah Carey song) ""Butterfly"" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey. It was released on December 1, 1997, by Columbia Records as the second single from her sixth studio album ""Butterfly"" (1997). The song was written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff. ""Butterfly"" is a pop ballad combining elements of R&B and gospel. Carey had originally conceived it as a house record with David Morales titled ""Fly Away (Butterfly Reprise)"". After realizing how personal the lyrics were and how they could be applied to ""Butterfly"", she wrote the album's title track with Afanasieff. On the"
"Harvey has since left to pursue a solo career and Bennett has retired from the group. Singles Standard albums Compilations Singles The Chiffons The Chiffons were an American all-girl group originating from the Bronx area of New York in 1960. The group was originally a trio of schoolmates: Judy Craig, Patricia Bennett and Barbara Lee; at James Monroe High School in the Bronx in 1960. In 1962, at the suggestion of songwriter Ronald Mack, the group added Sylvia Peterson, who had sung with Little Jimmy & the Tops at age 14, sharing lead vocals with Jimmy on ""Say You Love"
"Child's opera; it also became the source for the popular Tin Pan Alley song, """"One Meat Ball"""". The opera begins with a chorus sung to the tune of """"La dolce aurora"""" from Rossini's ""Mosè in Egitto"". The song of the Stranger in the second scene is adapted to the ""Serenade"" in ""The Barber of Seville""; the song of the Padrona in the fourth scene is set to the """"Non piu mesta"""" of ""La Cenerentola""; the duet in the fifth scene to """"La dove prende Amor recetto"""" of the ""Magic Flute""; the """"Cavatina"""" in the sixth scene to the """"Di pescator"""""
"early-20th-century poet from the town. Clara orders Montepulciano d'Abruzzo wine for the dinner, and Corbijn said the film's company enjoyed many of the fine wines of the region during the months of production there. The film score was written and composed by German singer-songwriter (and longtime friend of Corbijn) Herbert Grönemeyer. A 1967 song called ""Window of My Eyes"" by the Dutch blues band Cuby & the Blizzards is played over the ending credits. The aria ""Un bel dì vedremo"" (""One fine day we'll see"") from Puccini's opera ""Madama Butterfly"" can be heard in the background of one scene, and"